2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gillenbah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gillenbah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up 60% of families in Gillenbah, making them the most common family type here. This is a quiet residential area where homes are smaller than usual and many people live on their own.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Gillenbah — lower than 81% of areas.
| Gillenbah | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2700, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gillenbah are smaller than most, with just 2.1 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 28.1% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
28.1% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gillenbah, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 7.3% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%. Most families are couples, with 60% having no children and 25.5% with children.
7.3% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gillenbah, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gillenbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11626/gillenbah/topic/family-households